An enamine contains an amino nitrogen bonded to an alkene carbon. Delocalization between the nitrogen lone pair and the alkene makes its carbon nucleophilic; carbon alkylation can give an iminium ion that hydrolyses to a carbonyl compound.
An iminium intermediate can lose a proton at either adjacent carbon, generating different enamine double-bond positions. Reaction selectivity can depend on which regioisomer is populated.
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